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Strategy & Business Models

Jumpstart Growth with Relevant, Scalable Business Models

The business world is changing at a record pace. Widespread strategic innovation means that businesses now face more complex and dynamic issues than ever before. In this course, you will learn to apply 21st-century strategic models to your work and become one of the most valuable people in your company.

Access 19 units of study & 11 hours of content 24/7

Understand how strategy has changed in the 21st century & what it means for your business

Adopt a dynamic strategic approach to deal with 21st Century continuous change

Turn your idea into a business model prototype

Anna Shaw is a Strategy and Innovation Consultant at Lucency, based in Sydney, Australia. She has 20 years experience appraising strategy, finance, and business models. This experience has been derived from working across multiple industries in the UK, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia, for globally based financial institutions, servicing some of the world’s leading corporations. Her broadly based skillset includes strategy and innovation, finance, risk governance, economics, general management and business development. Anna has an insatiable curiosity about how ingenious business models are created, executed, and evolve. Her core focus is on training people in all types of businesses (from start ups, new ventures and established firms), how to turn their sensational new growth ideas into value propositions that delight and business models that work.

Introduction To Web Development

Add to Your Digital Skill Set By Building Your Own Website

Not quite sure how websites actually work? You're not alone. This course, however, will show you the basic building blocks of websites and how they work. You'll come to grips with the two most fundamental web development languages, HTML and CSS, and learn basic design and build principals. You'll even learn how to host and run your own site. If you're curious to know more about web development, here's where to start.

Access approximately 6 hours of course content 24/7

Learn the different elements of a website & how to access them

Understand the proper semantic structure of HTML

Discover HTML tags, lists, & how to embed media

Explore the various properties of CSS to better display your HTML

Master the box model of CSS

Chris Misterek is a web designer and developer from Phoenix, Arizona in the US. He’s passionate about beautiful web design and concise front end development. In his free time, he loves riding bikes with his 3 girls and making music. An entrepreneur at heart, he’s built his web design company from a few clients to a steady stream of projects in just a short amount of time. For more details on this course and instructor, click here.

Details & Requirements

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

Internet required

Access

Lifetime

Content

12 hours

Accounting & Bookkeeping

Understand the Numbers in Your Business & Make Better Decisions

Smart businesspeople understand that accounting is so much more than profit and loss--it represents an opportunity to improve, expand and optimize your business. This course will teach you how to harness the information and tools that good accounting can afford you. You'll gain an understanding of how to turn accounting from a chore into an opportunity and start standing out in your workplace.

Access 26 units of study & 12 hours of content 24/7

Learn what accounting can do for your business

Manage your accounts, track sales & reconcile your payments

Discuss the basics of payroll

Understand how to buy & sell long-term assets

Analyze profitability, test liquidity, & prepare financial statements

Author Lita Epstein has a reputation for explaining essential accounting concepts clearly and concisely to people with no previous accounting experience.
She is the author of multiple books including – Bookkeeping Kit for Dummies, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Accounting, Reading Financial Reports for Dummies, Business Owner’s Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements, Trading for Dummies and Complete Idiot’s Guide to Improving Your Credit Score.
She has an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School where she ran the Accounting Lab and managed the finances for five departments under Facilities Management of the Emory Clinics. She also raised funds as Associate Director of Development for former President Jimmy Carter’s international activities.

Critical Thinking And Problem Solving

Uncover Better Problem-Solving Practices & Make Every Decision a Simpler One

More often than not, workplaces host a lot of personalities and a lot of different voices contributing to decisions. Decision-making within an organization can become a significant challenge, which is why effective approaches to problem-solving are essential. This course introduces you to critical thinking principles that will help you develop tools to work through problems and determine a clear "best" decision. I don't think we need to outline the benefits of better problem solving, do we?

Access 20 units of study & 7 hours of content 24/7

Understand core concepts of critical thinking & how they relate to an everyday corporate environment

Learn how to look beyond what you are asked to solve by putting a simple yet comprehensive framework around the problem

Gather supporting data & information in a way that is not time-consuming & remains robust

Generate & compare different solutions, even when they seem dissimilar

Make better decisions that impact your company

Cathy Presland is a former economist and advisor to Governments internationally. She has designed and led global anti-poverty initiatives and negotiated EU regulations on behalf of the UK government.

She now trains and mentors other experts who want to share their experience and ideas, particularly those who want to write and publish 'how-to' books.

She has an MPhil in Economics, is a highly-regarded speaker, and partners with top-quality training providers to teach thousands of entrepreneurs, professionals and learners how to think strategically about their work and businesses, as well as how to make better decisions and how to share their expertise through writing. For more details on this course and instructor, click here.

Details & Requirements

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

Internet required

Access

Lifetime

Content

3 hours

Introduction to Leadership & Management

How to Get the Best Results From Your Team

People are rarely born great leaders. Whether you're new to management or would someday like to be in management, it's valuable to develop leadership skills. Understanding the basic principles behind leadership will allow you to develop your management skills and build a successful team, and this course will start you off right.

Discuss business planning, decision-making, & how to lead in person or virtually

Develop your own leadership style

ILM specialises in formal leadership qualifications. They offer a range of apprenticeships from an introductory level all the way up to senior management. As part of the City & Guilds Group their training and qualifications are synonymous with quality and integrity, while they constantly adapt and improve their qualifications to meet the needs of the modern workforce. For more details on this course and instructor, click here.